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- 271: Ancient Egyptians and the Norsemen: Creating the Past
- ... cool air from Niflheim met the warm air from Muspell to thaw ice that began creating a sleeping giant named Ymir. As the giant slept he began to sweat, and from his sweat formed three frost giants. The melting ice then created Audhumla, a cow that fed Ymir with the four rivers of milk that flowed from her utters. She fed herself by licking the salty ice, and as she licked the ice she uncovered a god named Buri. As the years passed Buri had a son named Bor, and he married Bestla, the daughter of a frost giant. Then the three brothers Odin, Vili, and Ve were born to the couple (Philip 18-19), and “ the god brothers hated the evil [Ymir] and the ever-growing number of brutal frost giants ” (Hamilton 70). So they murdered him, and the slaughtered giant bled so much that his blood drowned all but two giants and created the rivers, lakes, and vast ocean. The brothers used the ...
- 272: Gun Control
- ... to examine the issues and theories of the social impact of this issue. Part II: Review of the Literature A) Summary In a paper which looked at gun control and firearms violence in North America, Robert J. Mundt, of the University of North Carolina, points out that "Crime in America is popularly perceived [in Canada] as something to be expected in a society which has less respect for the rule of ... registration requirements for handguns and other restricted weapons..." . The purpose of the 1977 leglislation was to reduce the availability of firearms, on the assumption that there is a "positive relationship between availability and use". In Robert J. Mundt's study, when compared with the United States, trends in Canada over the past ten years in various types of violent crime, suicide, and accidental death show no dramatic results, "and few suggestions ... Cops, Guns, and Drugs, the problem with controlling urban violence in the United States is that it is out of proportion in contrast to the available police force. In his book, The Saturday Night Special , Robert Sherrill explains the cheap, usually illegal, easily concealed handgun that plays a part in so many crimes in the United States. He reviews the role of guns in American life --from the shoot-outs ...
- 273: Glory: A Review
- Glory: A Review Glory captures the heroism of Colonel Robert Gould Shaw and the first black regiment in the Civil War, the Massachusetts "Fighting" Fifty-fourth. An extremely talented cast and crew earned three Academy Awards (cinematography, sound and supporting actor) and five nominations for ... their work in Glory. The outstanding cinematography, sound, score and acting recreate the events leading up to the Union attack on Fort Wagner on July 18th 1863. Matthew Broderick portrays the young Bostonian abolitionist Col. Robert G. Shaw who takes command of the Fifty-fourth, following the Emancipation Proclamation. Shaw along with Cabot Forbes (Cary Elwes) leads a band of ex slaves, servants and other black volunteers including a rebellious runaway ... role of Col. Shaw, which Leonard Maltin calls his most ambitious part. In an interview for the New York Times, Broderick spoke of his method acting, "The first step [in preparing for the role of Robert Gould Shaw in Glory] was to try to learn as much as I could about the real person. That was mostly from letters, photographs, descriptions and a poem by Emerson. The thing I had ...
- 274: The Sun Also Rises By Ernest H
- The Sun Also Rises In Ernest Hemingway s The Sun Also Rises, Jake Barnes is a lost man who wastes his life on drinking. Towards the beginning of the book Robert Cohn asks Jake, Don t you ever get the feeling that all your life is going by and you re not taking advantage of it? Do you realize that you ve lived nearly half the ... like his friends. Jake also at times seems to realize how bad his life is, but then never regrets it. He is in love with Brett Ashley, but she is always with other people, including Robert Cohn, which makes Jake jealous. This jealousy turns to anger when Jake gets into a fight with Robert and is then knocked out. Jake relates to the other characters only superficially because he only looks at what he can get from them. Jake wants Brett Ashley so that when he gets older ...
- 275: Biblical Allusions and Imagery in Steinbeck's The Grapes of Wrath
- ... Geismar notes the symbolic meaning of the final scene. He states that Rose of Sharon's sacrificial act represents the final breakdown of old attitudes and climaxes the novel's biblical movement.15 According to Robert Con Davis, Steinbeck's use of Biblical imagery shows a genuine sense of "reaffirmation" and hope in an otherwise inhospitable modern world.16 Once again, a Steinbeck novel has related the plight of an oppressed ... problem of society in a beautifully structured novel. It is through the use of Biblical allusions and imagery that he gives The Grapes of Wrath a powerful message along with pure artistic genius. Endnotes 1 Robert Con Davis, ed. Twentieth Century Interpretations of The Grapes of Wrath. (Englewood, NJ: Prentice Hall, Inc., 1982), p. 1. 2 Peter Lisca. "The Dynamics of Community in The Grapes of Wrath," in From Irving to ... Literature in Honor of Harry R. Warfel. (Gainesville, FL: University of Florida Press, 1972), rpt. in Hunter, J. Paul. "Steinbeck's Wine of Affirmation," in Twentieth Century Interpretations of The Grapes of Wrath, edited by Robert Con Davis. (Englewood, NJ: Prentice Hall, Inc., 1982), p. 40. 3 J. Paul Hunter. "Steinbeck's Wine of Affirmation," in Twentieth Century Interpretations of The Grapes of Wrath, edited by Robert Con Davis. (Englewood, ...
- 276: George Lucas and Movies: No Future?
- ... a big part in the development of the future. The development of technology will lead to the advances that will take the world into the next century and beyond. George Lucas' film THX 1138 and Robert Zemeckis' Back to the Future are both examples of movies that portray technology and the advances of the future. THX 1138 and Back to the Future both portray technology as a danger to society that ... society is no longer a society of people. It is a society of machines. The people have become the technology. The technology that the people worked so hard to create and control, now controls them. Robert Zemeckis shows a much nicer and happier future in Back to the Future. Technology is still very present, but the people are still in control. Society is almost the same place as it is today ... for the world. Each person would try to change the future so that everything would benefit themselves. This would lead to the eventually destruction of society and maybe no future at all. George Lucas and Robert Zemeckis both portray the future in their films. The future however is very different between the two movies. In THX 1138 everyone is controlled by the technology that has created computers that can control ...
- 277: Development Of Charles Darwin
- ... it was in this environment of learned eccentricity and an unforced seeking of knowledge that Darwin's fascination for natural history and biology began." (D 6) However, growing up in the family home of Dr. Robert Darwin, was not exactly the most pleasant aspect of young Charles Darwin's life. After the death of his mother, Charles had become rather listless and buried himself in his work or in the pursuits ... countryside, the young Darwin had been properly exposed to that which would become his lifelong burden: scientific thought and reason. Convinced that the Shrewsbury School was a waste of time for his son's education, Robert removed Charles and took him under his own wing in the position of his medical apprentice. After a summer of moderately successful medical training, Robert sent Charles to Edinburgh to study medicine with his brother Erasmus. Edinburgh proved to be yet another one of the major steps for Darwin on the road to his own enlightenment. The Plinian society ...
- 278: Gun Control And Violence in Canada and the US
- ... to examine the issues and theories of the social impact of this issue. Part II: Review of the Literature A) Summary In a paper which looked at gun control and firearms violence in North America, Robert J. Mundt, of the University of North Carolina, points out that "Crime in America is popularly perceived [in Canada] as something to be expected in a society which has less respect for the rule of ... registration requirements for handguns and other restricted weapons..." . The purpose of the 1977 leglislation was to reduce the availability of firearms, on the assumption that there is a "positive relationship between availability and use". In Robert J. Mundt's study, when compared with the United States, trends in Canada over the past ten years in various types of violent crime, suicide, and accidental death show no dramatic results, "and few suggestions ... Cops, Guns, and Drugs, the problem with controlling urban violence in the United States is that it is out of proportion in contrast to the available police force. In his book, The Saturday Night Special , Robert Sherrill explains the cheap, usually illegal, easily concealed handgun that plays a part in so many crimes in the United States. He reviews the role of guns in American life -from the shoot-outs ...
- 279: Issue of Gun Control and Violence
- ... to examine the issues and theories of the social impact of this issue. Part II: Review of the Literature A) Summary In a paper which looked at gun control and firearms violence in North America, Robert J. Mundt, of the University of North Carolina, points out that "Crime in America is popularly perceived [in Canada] as something to be expected in a society which has less respect for the rule of ... registration requirements for handguns and other restricted weapons..." . The purpose of the 1977 leglislation was to reduce the availability of firearms, on the assumption that there is a "positive relationship between availability and use". In Robert J. Mundt's study, when compared with the United States, trends in Canada over the past ten years in various types of violent crime, suicide, and accidental death show no dramatic results, "and few suggestions ... Cops, Guns, and Drugs, the problem with controlling urban violence in the United States is that it is out of proportion in contrast to the available police force. In his book, The Saturday Night Special, Robert Sherrill explains the cheap, usually illegal, easily concealed handgun that plays a part in so many crimes in the United States. He reviews the role of guns in American life-from the shoot-outs ...
- 280: Emma
- ... parents. Emma advises the innocent Harriet in virtually all things, including the people with whom she should interact. She suggests that Harriet not spend time with the Martins, a local family of farmers whose son, Robert, is interested in Harriet. Instead, Emma plans to play matchmaker for Harriet and Mr. Elton, the vicar of the church in Highbury. Emma seems to have some success in her attempts to bring together Harriet ... indulges Emma's worst qualities, giving her opportunity to meddle and serving only to flatter her. Emma in turn fills Harriet Smith with grand pretensions that do not suit her low situation in society. When Robert Martin proposes to Harriet, she rejects him based on Emma's advice, thinking that he is too common. Mr. Knightly criticizes Emma's matchmaking, since he thinks that the dependable Robert Martin is Harriet's superior, for while he is respectable, she is from uncertain origins. Emma's sister, Isabella, and her husband, Mr. John Knightly, visit Highbury, and Emma uses their visit as an ...
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